单词 | ruralizing |
释义 | ruralizingn. 1. The action or activity of spending time in the country; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > the country rusticationa1607 villeggiatura1742 ruralizing1817 1817 ‘Earl of Erpingham’ Some Acct. of Myself I. vii. 111 His lordship..had declared his intention of ruralizing; the air of London having a bad effect upon his nerves. 1864 Christian Examiner July 134 Those who..wish to take with them in their summer ruralizings a volume from which they may draw..engaging and profitable entertainment. 1906 W. M. Rossetti Some Reminisc. I. iv. 30 The Polidori family quitted their ruralizing in Buckinghamshire, and resettled in London. 1932 Times 8 Mar. 17/6 No sport is such a different thing to different people as hunting... To a few [it is] pure ruralizing, to more than is admitted sheer misery. 1999 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 3 Mar. a10 Completely spent from too much ruralizing, I asked directions to the nearest Holiday Inn. 2. The action or an act of making rural in character or appearance; ruralization. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rendering rural in character ruralizing1869 1869 F. L. Olmsted Let. 21 Oct. in C. C. McLaughlin et al. Papers F. L. Olmsted (1992) VI. iv. 346 I never lose an opportunity..to urge principles, plans & measures tending to the ruralizing of all our urban population and the urbanizing of our rustic population. 1895 Daily News 4 June 3/5 The ruralising of parts of the metropolis through opening new grounds. 1920 Educator-jrnl. May 519/1 This union also means a ruralizing of the town school and a better understanding between town and country. 1994 D. Goodman Gold Seeking v. 161 Domesticity was incidentally to involve a quietening and ruralising of the population. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817 |
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